Presentation on MME
- 1. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Submitted by Ranjith R Daniel RajkumarT Sakthikannan S
- 2. What are Materials? That’s easy! Look around. Our clothes are made of materials, our homes are made of materials - mostly manufactured. Glass windows, vinyl siding, metal silverware, ceramic dishes… Most things are made from many different kinds of materials.
- 3. Kinds of Materials Metals: are materials that are normally combinations of "metallic elements". Metals are quite strong but malleable and tend to have a lustrous look when polished. Ceramics: are generally compounds between metallic and nonmetallic elements.They are insulating and resistant to high temperatures and harsh environments.
- 4. Kinds of Materials Plastics: (or polymers) are generally organic compounds based upon carbon and hydrogen. They are very large molecular structures. Semiconductors: have electrical properties intermediate between metallic conductors and ceramic insulators.
- 5. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS MICRO BATTERIES: with size of few microns! layers made with self assembling viruses!!
- 6. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS Nano coated textiles: Durable Breathable Wrinkle resistant Stain resistant Efforts at RM nano tech, Georgia Tech Univ.
- 7. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS Radomes: Special enclosures for antennae; Protect from atmosphere! without attenuating signals!! @ Many space / related research centres
- 8. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS Old is Gold! OR, is it Iron? Tech. Insight into Iron Pillar More than 1000 years old Withstood CORROSION Passive film at iron – rust interface Prof. Balasubramaniam, IIT Kanpur
- 9. What is happening in the industry? Manufacturing in impressive growth mode Advantages of Globalization; BRIC economy Interesting overseas acquisitions Entry of prominent MNC’s into India Salaries in manufacturing – entry level – exceed those in the IT sector – trends, recent placement, NITTrichy Enormous challenges in materials
- 10. What is happening in the industry?
- 11. What is happening in research? Barriers between departments – increasingly broken Physicist working on atomistic modeling of materials Metallurgist working on fuel cells Metallurgist working on nuclear fuels Materials scientist working on biomaterials Materials Scientist working on electronic materials A graduate of MME has sufficient background to learn about any kind of materials
- 12. Special Needs
- 13. What is happening in research? Nano materials
- 14. What is happening in research? Prosthesis
- 15. What is happening in research? Interaction with biology Picture of Cancer cell or malarial parasite; related info from Prof Suresh’s group at MIT, USA
- 16. Sources The Materials Science & Engineering Career Resource Center. Retrieved from the following web site on October 29, 2006: http://www.crc4mse.org/what/Index.html Valley City State University. (2006). Technology education 660 design for engineering unit 8 reading assignment. Retrieved August 15, 2006 from the website: http://www.vcsu.edu